Team says it won't trade for higher pick

1:07 AM,
Jun. 27, 2012

Illinois center Meyers Leonard worked out for the Sixers on Tuesday.

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The 76ers have made no secret that they're looking for a big man with the 15th pick in the first round of the NBA draft on Thursday.

They're also publicly denying that they'll trade to get a higher pick.

"I don't see us moving up," Sixers president Rod Thorn said after watching Illinois center Meyers Leonard work out Tuesday. Meyers, who's 7-foot-1, 245 pounds, is one of several power forwards or centers who the Sixers have worked out over the past four weeks. ...